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Plate (Dinner plate)
1784-1790
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
- Gilt
Museum Object Number
1956.0046.049
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Charles K. Davis
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Complete Details
Object Number
1956.0046.049
Object Name
Plate (Dinner plate)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1784-1790
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, center of reserve
Inscription: Painted in gilded, script letters "Elias Morgan"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
- Gilt
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Gilded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
0.906 (H) x 9.646 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.3 (H) x 24.5 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Petznick, Ware. 06//2023 In Blue and White and Polychrome: Chinese Export Porcelain. Early American Life Magazine. 54 (3): 28-39.
• Published: p. 37Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1974 Chinese Armorial Porcelain. 1.
• Published: p. 747, no W3 (Morgan)Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: p. 112Book: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Published: p. 49.Article: Le Corbeiller, Clare. 12//1977 China Trade Armorial Porcelain in America. Antiques. 1124-1129.
• Plate from same service with details: pp. 1124, 1126, pl. 1Book: Brawer, Catharine Coleman. 1992 Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ethel (Mrs. Julius) Liebman and Arthur L. Liebman Porcelain Collection.
• Plate from same service, with discussion of arms: p. 59, no. 35, c. 1795Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Plates from Morgan services: p. 82, no. B24 ("Elias Morgan" inscription) and B23 ("Morgan" inscription).Book: Le Corbeiller, Clare & Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Octagonal plate from same service: p. 46, no. 49 with history.Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Rectangular, canted-corner dish from same service, with history sold at auction: March 28, 2010, lot 861.